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Managing the Threat of Perimenopausal Rage in Marital Relations

By |2023-06-08T00:44:35+00:00June 8th, 2023|Anger Issues, Communication Problems, Couples Counseling, stress|

Perimenopausal rage is real, straining and threatening the relationship between partners. Perimenopausal rage is a common symptom on the journey to full menopause, (between 3-4 years), as levels of estrogen drop and propel changes in systems that control dopamine, and serotonin, making women more likely to have mood swings. Stress hormones such as cortisol [...]

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Mothering Preteens to Prevent Them Turning into Angry Adults

By |2023-04-18T18:09:35+00:00April 18th, 2023|Anger Management Counseling, Insecurity Counseling, Parenting Counseling, stress|

Mothering preteens is both exasperating and bitter sweet as your cute kids navigate the world with their own minds and developing bodies. Preteens fluctuate between being clingy and needy to pulling away from a leash that feels both safe yet restrictive. Mothering preteens is awkward, and unstable, shifting mothering duties from care taking to [...]

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Making a New You Out of the Old You in the New Year

By |2022-12-13T17:38:02+00:00December 13th, 2022|Family of Origin Counseling, Insecurity Counseling, Intimacy, stress, Uncategorized|

Making a new you out of the old you in the new year often involves thinking about a fresh version of yourself. Sometimes it’s about shaking off parts of you that you dislike or feel ashamed about. Other times it’s about acquiring a new outlook and becoming your ideal self. Whether you lose or [...]

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Hate Being the Bogey Man? Then Give up These Four Things

By |2022-07-11T18:01:30+00:00July 11th, 2022|Abusive Relationship Counseling, Insecurity Counseling, Parenting Counseling, stress|

Hate Being the Bogey Man? Then Give up These Four Things! Being cast as the bogey man is hurtful, crushing and upends your sense of reality. Your self-esteem and sense of value is threatened. Being the bogey man in your romantic relationship can wear you down into a beleaguered timid powerless victim OR make [...]

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The Way You Love Your Child is Key to Their Mental Health

By |2022-04-15T16:53:54+00:00April 15th, 2022|Anger Stress and Health, Family Counseing, Parenting Counseling, stress|

The Way You Love Your Child is Key to Their Mental Health The way you love your child is the most significant factor in determining his or her mental health. One-third of children between 3-17 years of age in America have at least one mental health problem. So it may be present in your [...]

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Unintentional Consequences of Overdosing in Adolescents – What are the signs?

By |2022-02-17T04:56:39+00:00February 17th, 2022|Anxiety therapy, couples therapy, Family Counseing, Parenting Counseling, stress|

Protecting Your Child From Unintentional Overdosing Is someone dear to you, like your teenage child, a niece or nephew or a sibling taking prescribed medication for chronic pain or anxiety and depression? Does it ever cross you mind that there is a danger of overdosing? A report in the New York Times from November [...]

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Three Ways to Make Bad Feelings Less Sticky

By |2022-01-20T18:33:43+00:00January 20th, 2022|Anger Stress and Health, Anxiety Treatment, Breakups and Separation, Insecurity Counseling, stress|

Three Ways to Make Bad Feelings Less Sticky Every client I have worked with shares their despair that their bad feelings won’t go away, and that nothing they do makes it better. Getting distracted for a while by being busy; sleeping; vegetating in front of a screen or immersing yourself in a job doesn’t [...]

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Five Ways to Mange Post-pandemic Anxiety About Changes in Family Life

By |2021-03-24T19:57:58+00:00March 24th, 2021|Anxiety Treatment, Separation and Loss, stress|

Five Ways to Mange Post-pandemic Anxiety About Changes in Family Life A great deal of attention is being focused on adjusting to a post-pandemic world as vaccinations make it safer to do so. A bunch of recent articles talk about post-pandemic social anxiety of being in crowded places and having rusty social skills in general. [...]

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Will Your New Year’s Resolution Last?

By |2021-01-12T23:34:31+00:00January 12th, 2021|Anger Stress and Health, stress|

Ever wonder why you end up fired up with a new years resolution, only to feel defeated a few weeks later? It's usually because you are coming from a place of "should" rather than authentic desire. The 'should' has a built in failure mechanism, where as the natural desire makes it a breeze.

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Good Feelings That Turn Bad Fast

By |2020-10-19T22:57:03+00:00October 19th, 2020|Anxiety therapy, Fear and Pani, Separation and Loss, separation counseling, stress|

 Good Feelings Can Scare you into the Familiar Arms of the Bad Feelings Good feelings turn bad so quick. Damn! You know only too well that pattern of feeling great one minute and then boom, you hear bad news, or your phone runs out of juice – those positive feelings get wiped out in a [...]

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